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Staff member Chris Watson leads the parade of students and staff into Springbrook’s Thursday, Sept. 20, dedication ceremonies.

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Oneonta’s Elmer Hyde shovels up buckets of cement for the front entryway of the new Scholet Furniture building under construction at the former Drogen’s on Southside.

Businessman About To Buy Outlaws Team

ary Laing, owner of The Shipping Room, Chestnut Street, confirmed he is in the final stages of negotiations to buy the Oneonta Outlaws franchise. Partners Keith Rogers and Dan Scaring brought the team, now part of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, here from Saratoga Springs in 2010.

GOLF BALL DROP: Buy a $5 golf ball, benefit the Family Service Association and win up to $400 at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the 2012 Priscilla Thompson Golf Ball Drop (from a helicopter, weather permitting) & Chinese Auction at the 6th Ward Booster Club Field, Scrambling Avenue. Call 432-2870. WALK TO SCHOOL: Greater Plains Elementary will participate in International Walk to School Day 8-8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3. More information, call Julie McKee, 433-8272.

atthew Strauch, Oneonta, plays a recording thanking donors at Springbrook’s $22 million dedication of its new Golisano School for Autism and improvements to its Town of Milford campus; he is encouraged by Bryar-Lynn Ciampo-Winsor, residential manager. The ceremony included remarks by Tom Golisano, PayChex founder and three-time gubernatorial candidate who provided a $2.5 million challenge grant that enhanced the state’s $15 million allocation aimed at bringing 24 autistic students home from out of state facilities/MORE, A4

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SINGING TIPS: Harmony singers Moira Smiley & VOCO are offering a workshop 2:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in advance of their 7:30 p.m. performance that evening at the Unitarian Universalist Church, sponsored by the Catskill Chamber Singers. Workshop, $35; performance, $15; both, $45. Register at 432-6695 or twasutynp@yahoo.com

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Volume 5, No. 2

Humor Helps, Inspirational Speaker Advises

oya Vision Care president Barney Dougher’s been ribbed by friends who can see him play golf. But to get teased about it by Tom Sullivan, who’s blind, was a different kind of jest.

Rowinski, Clark Sold On Economic Benefit By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

he Constitution Pipeline route along I-88 could inject $14.5 million annually into the Otsego County EDITORIAL: economy The Constituin sales, tion Pipeline is income a gift: Accept and it/SEE A4 property taxes, according to a resolution the county Board of Representatives is expected to vote on

Rowinski

Clark

at its Wednesday, Oct. 3, meeting. In the construction phase alone – 2014 – the pipeline project would spend $86 million in salaries in the region, which would generate $12 million in new sales and income tax revenue, the resolution reads. Please See PIPELINE, A9

Sid Levine, 1913-2012

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COOPERSTOWN

Pipeline Support Growing

‘Gentleman,’ ‘Credit To His Community’

Springbrook employees enjoying the post-dedication Brooks BBQ included, from left, Susan Swantak Furman, Nate Furman, and Jessie and Adam Remillard, all of Oneonta.

By LIBBY CUDMORE

I-88 OPTION BACKED

“To hear my golf swing? That’s something,” he said in introducing Sullivan, script writer for the “Saved By An Angel” TV show and an inspirational speaker Friday, Sept. 21, at The Fenimore Art Museum. He had been invited to the county by Cleinman Performance Partners, Oneonta, to talk to local optometrists. Tom Sullivan was born premature and, Please See SULLIVAN, A8

id Levine was not afraid to put his money down when he believed in something. Sam Nader, his friend of 78 years, recalled a time at The Rex, when the owner, Pete, boasted that, as a fellow Utican, he could beat Sid at anything. Sid rose to the challenge; he bet $10 Pete couldn’t beat him in spelling. HOMETOWN ONEONTA Pete agreed, and Sid Sid Levine receives a laid down his word: standing ovation April 10, Chrysanthemum. 2010, during the Otsego “Needless to say, County Chamber banquet. Pete had to pay him ten bucks,” Nader said. Sid, who had been named “Mr. Oneonta” for his contributions to numerous area charities, passed away Please See SID LEVINE, A9 INSIDE: Delhi’s Countryside Care Center is closing, but there are only a handful of beds available in Otsego County to accommodate the residents/STORY, A3

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HOMETOWN People Local Goods in Stock at 2 Newly-Opened Shops

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Linda Field, owner of the new Field of Flowers shop, 130 Oneida St., holds a basket of hand-made felted soaps. The shop also sells her husband John’s hand-rolled beeswax candles and other local goods. A grand opening is planned Saturday, Oct. 6.

Oneonta Trio Moves To Punt, Kick, Pass Sectional Contests

Hartwick Names Kim Noling Academic Dean

im H. Noling has been appointed dean hree Oneonta youngof academic affairs sters advance to the at Hartwick College, where Punt, Kick, Pass secshe is currently Babcock tionals following wins at the professor of English. She qualifier at Ted Christman assumes the duties Jan. 1. Field on Friday, Sept. 14 Dean of academic affairs • Cameron Sitts had 28-8 punts, 37-8 passes and 35-6 is the college’s second-rankkicks for a total of 101-10 in ing academic administrator. Noling succeeds Gerry the Boys 6/7 Division. Hunsberger, who after more • Jarod Card had 41-4 punts, 43-6 passes and 28-1 than 11 years in academic kicks for 112-11 in the Boys administration is returning to his tenured position as 8/9 Division. • Elizabeth Serafin had 19- professor of mathematics. The recipient of a B.A. 11 in punts, 39-10 in passes from Yale and a Ph.D. from and 21-11 in kicks 81-8 in Cornell (both in English), the Girl’s 10/11 Division. Noling currently serves as The sectionals are Sunday, co-chair of the Committee Oct. 28, at Damaschke Field. for the Periodic Review

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Maria Kelsa, owner of Magnolia’s Fudge & Gift Shoppe, new in Southside Mall, hands out samples of pumpkin pie fudge to Oneonta’s Nicole Robinson and her mother Jo-Anne Robinson on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 22.

Report and is a member of the Committee on the Assessment of General Education. Her other leadership Kim Noling roles at Hartwick include faculty chair (2007-10), chair of the Department of English & Theatre Arts (2001-08), and co-director of the Honors Program (1992-2000). She also has served on the Committee on Appointments, Tenure and Promotion, Faculty Salary and Budgets Committee, Faculty Compensation and Budget

Committee, Gender Issues Committee and several other committees and task forces. Dr. Michael G. Tannenbaum, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said Noling “has a solid track record of carefully considering all sides of an issue, and of working enthusiastically, efficiently and diplomatically, always with the greatest of integrity.” For her part, Noling said “being a college professor might just be the best job in the world” and she will miss teaching, but looks forward to aiding “discovery and learning, whether in a lab, a library, a classroom, or a country far from campus.”

LEAF Founder Betty Currier Cited For Life Achievement

etty Currier, the founder of the LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addiction, will receive the Marty Mann Founder’s Award at the National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence’s conference in October in Washington D.C. “People will addictive disorders couldn’t have a better advocate on their side,” said LEAF Executive Director Julia Dostal, who nominated Currier. The award is named for NCACC founder Marty Mann, the first woman to get sober through Alcoholics Anonymous. Currier will

be the 18th recipient, and the first from Otsego County. The lifetime achievement award has Currier only been given out 17 times since the agency’s founding. Currier, who founded LEAF in 1994 and retired in 2006, continues advocacy through volunteer work, will be the 18th recipient and the only recipient from Otsego County. The award coincides with LEAF’s 30 year anniversary.

SUNY’s Adamo Elected To CASE Board

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OUR FOUR COURSE MENU SALAD Spinach Salad with Peach & Pecan Villa Pozzi Moscato, 2011 (Sicily) ANTIPASTO Carne Cruda E. Pira e Figli Dolcetto d’Alba, 2010 (Piedmont)

aul Adamo, SUNY Oneonta vice president for college advancement and College Foundation executive director, has been elected to the regional governing body of the Council for the Advancement & Support of Education (CASE). During the first year of his two-year term, Adamo also will serve as chair of the organization’s Venture Capital Fund, which provides grants to fund professional development opportunities. CASE is an international association of educational institutions that advances alumni relations, communications, development and marketing practices. Its members are from more than 3,400 colleges and

universities worldwide. Adamo administers fundraising, development, alumni affairs, grants development and Adamo the Center for Economic & Community Development at SUNY Oneonta. In 2007, he led a campus fundraising campaign that raised over $12 million for scholarships, endowment and programs. Adamo has served on the Otsego County Chamber board of directors, is an Oneonta Rotarian, and is past president of the Ricky J. Parisian Memorial Scholarship Foundation board.

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No Rooms In Otsego County For Countryside Care Residents Vowing To Provide Care, State Finds Beds In Broome, Elsewhere For Delhi Patients

By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE

he phones are ringing at Otsego County nursing homes. The callers are seeking to find beds for the 125 residents of Delhi’s Countryside Care Center, which is closing Friday, Oct. 12. But there’s no room at the inn, or at least not enough. The county’s Otsego Manor, Town of Hartwick, only has “two or three” possible openings. Chestnut Park Nursing Center in Oneonta has none.

Oneonta’s Robynwood has three – one assisted living and two in its adult-home section. Other facilities – Cooperstown’s Woodside Hall and St. James Manor, Town of Oneonta, among them – are private and not eligible to accept Medicaid patients. Oneonta’s Hampshire House has three vacancies, but likewise accepts no Medicaid. “It’s always very difficult when we hear of a facility closing,” said Trish Sowa, Robynwood executive di-

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rector. “The bed capacity of Otsego County hasn’t kept up with the demand.” “We don’t have a lot of room, but we’ve looked at potential admissions for two or three,” said Otsego Manor’s Ed Marchi. “We’ve received a few referrals, but we don’t have any empty beds,” said Chestnut Park Administrator Jonathan Done. “We’re standing by and watching the development. Sometime in the future, when we have openings, we’ll do what we can to help.” Coincidentally, just at the Otsego County Board of Representatives voted to seek a buyer for its Otsego Manor, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, which voted to do so six years ago, is reaping what that decision sowed. It can’t be helped, said

Delhi Town Supervisor Peter Bracci, who also chairs the county Board of Supervisors’ Human Services Committee. Among other challenges, he is trying to find a berth for a quadriplegic now residing at Countryside. “I want to get the word out that no one’s going to be left in the cold,” he said. “That’s always been our concern. It was heavy on our minds.” While saying that in an interview Monday, Sept. 24, he was unsure what would happened when Leatherstocking Healthcare LLC, the Herkimer-based private entity that bought Countryside from the county, is permitted to walk away two weeks from Friday the 28th. Since that county sold off its nursing home, the state Department of Health

assumed responsibility for the ultimate care of the 117, but Bracci was unsure what that would involve. Regardless, it now seems unlikely Delaware County will get any more of the money Leatherstocking owes on the Countryside purchase, he said. Jackie Pappalardi, director of the DOH’s Division of Residential Services, Office of Long Term Care, referred calls to DOH spokesman Jeff Hammond, who said the department has had a team on site at Countryside since Aug. 1, and has identified beds “in surrounding counties” – Broome, in particular – where residents can be moved. If everyone hasn’t been placed by Oct. 12, the DOH team will remain in Delhi until rooms are found. “Potential buyers” have

made inquiries about Countryside, but it will take some time to “fully vet” those inquiries, he continued, but when a qualified buyer is identified the facility may reopen. It’s too soon to predict when. While nursing homes do close in New York State, that’s not common, according to Hammond. He has been a spokesman for the department for eight years, and there have been only “three or four” closings in that time, he said. As the state and federal governments continuously reduced their Medicaid reimbursements for nursing care, this day has been a longtime coming, said Bracci, but now it’s here. “More affluent counties, and less affluent counties, can’t see their way out of this,” he continued. “We would love to be able to take care of it, we just can’t do it.”

Oneontans Enjoy PumpkinFest In Cooperstown Allen and Paul Fassler of Foti’s Bakery, Oneonta, dish up peppers and onions in the Doubleday Field lot.

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In above photo, emcees Steve Dillon, Oneonta, and Danielle Newell, Cooperstown, at right, cheer Paul Sweet, Great Barrington, Mass., whose 1,509.5 pound entry won the PumpkinFest WeighIn.

Dayton Pearl, 5 months, hitches a ride with her daddy, Chris Wheeler, Oneonta, after the PumpkinFest Regatta Sunday, Sept. 23, in Lakefront Park.

In photo at left, Liz Mackey, West Oneonta, director of Susquehanna SPCA, brought dogs up for adoption from the Hartwick Seminary shelter to meet prospective owners in Lakefront Park after the regatta.

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A-4 HOMETOWN ONEONTA EDITORIAL

County, 2 Chambers, All Should Support Constitution Pipeline Boon Could Save Manor, Aid Key Institutions

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lternate M” is a gift. Let’s accept it with thanks and appreciation. That proposed route will shift 128 miles of the Constitution natural-gas pipeline into Otsego County along Interstate 88, with great benefit. For starters, it will: • Create 300 temporary local jobs – 600 in all on the “Oneonta Section,” one of three “sections” planned along the route – many high-paying, during its 2014 construction. These salaries will be spent, a great degree, in Greater Oneonta, on meals, lodging and general merchandise, (with tourism spinoffs in the Cooperstown area.) • Result in the purchase of millions of dollars in construction-related material and equipment locally, from sand, gravel and cement to cars and trucks, with beneficial spinoffs throughout the local economy. • Require a one-time purchase of easements along I-88, an amount that will likewise be in the millions, although precisely how much is unspecified, since negotiations only recently began. • Generate $5 million a year into the foreseeable future in property taxes, according to Matthew Swift, Constitution project manager – $3 million to the County of Otsego, the rest to the towns and school districts along the route. Since the Fed isn’t anticipating a robust revival of the national economy until the latter part of 2014, the short-term injection of cash for easements and 600 salaries will be a boon to an Otsego County already in its fifth year of recession. “Alternate M” is a gift. • But there’s more. The Constitution is what’s called an “open access” pipeline: Communities and manufacturers along the route can tap in and benefit from the lowcost natural gas. Immediately, this would assure the future of Amphenol and its 600 jobs in Sidney, many held by Otsego Countians. Originally, the idea was to supply Amphenol’s new plant near I-88 with natural gas from a vertical well, but that hasn’t been going forward as well as expected. The Constitution would provide an assured gas supply Amphenol

may not be able to depend on otherwise. Communities along the route – via NYSEG, the Leatherstocking Gas Co. (the Mirabito-Corning partnership) or newly formed municipal utilities – could likewise take advantage of the lower-cost fuel, now 75 percent less than fuel oil. This would be a particular benefit – millions worth over a fairly short time – to big, essential institutions like Bassett and Fox hospitals and the colleges. NYSEG provides natural gas to Oneonta now, but not enough: During cold snaps, NYSEG can and does cut off SUNY; (the college then heats with oil, and get a price break for its flexibility.) Particularly enticing is the idea of, say, Oneonta City Hall forming its own muni and profiting from selling the low-cost gas. In Schenectady, Proctor’s Theatre runs a downtown heating district and is benefiting mightily; might Foothills do similarly? (Coincidentally, Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, has experience in this – and much else. A muni would be a great first initiative.) If Oneonta, why not the Village of Cooperstown, with Bassett, the Hall of Fame and the NYSHA museums as mainstay customers? And/or the communities along I-88 – Otego-Unadilla and Schenevus-Worcester – either alone or through NYSEG or Leatherstocking? Could Otsego County establish a regional muni for the distribution of natural gas, and profit from the Constitution further? • There’s some immediacy here, given the county’s financial crisis. The county Board of Representatives, fearful Otsego Manor will cost it another $2.3 million over the next few years, is looking to sell off the county’s exceptional nursing home. That the private company that bought Delaware County’s Countryside Care Center six years ago is seeking to abandon it shows how perilous a move this would be to our neediest citizens. Here’s a way out: Dedicate the $3 million in found revenue from the Constitution to assure Otsego Manor’s stability. Please See EDITORIAL, A6

HOMETOWN ONEONTA

& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch

Jim Kevlin

Neel Kumra, a student who spoke at the dedication, declares the $22 million renovation “awesome.” With him is Marie Carrasco.

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Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy presents a book of students’ poems describing the new Golisano Center for Autism to Tom Golisano, the philanthropist who issued a $2.5 million challenge grant that allowed the school for developmentally disabled children to enhance a $15 million state-funded project to a state-of-the-art $22 million facility. Golisano, Paychex founder and three-time gubernatorial candidate, spoke Thursday, Sept. 20, at the dedication of the new facility in the Town of Milford. In the center is John M. Anderson, SUNY Alfred president, who as Hartwick College provost in 2004 arranged for Golisano to visit the campus.

‘...Our Son Would Find A Home And Not An Institution’ Editor’s Note: Dr. Peter van der Riet, whose son Sebastian is a Springbrook student, delivered these remarks at the Thursday, Sept. 20, dedication of the $22 million campus expansion and inauguration of the Golisano School for Autism.

hen you get to know Springbrook, its mission resonates: Every individual has the right to and need of a fulfilling life. Each individual’s needs vary a lot, and change continually, because every person evolves in their development as time goes by. Some of the younger individuals can live with their families in their homes, but require special services. Other boys and girls require

Springbrook board member and parent, Dr. Peter van der Riet, Cooperstown, and wife Anouk Lambers chat with state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, prior to the dedication, where they recounted the story of the their son, Sebastian.

residential homes. A fact of life is that we all age and become adults. My son Sebastian is now 10 years old and he has autism.

... van der Riet’s wife and Sebastian’s mom, Anouk Lambers, also a Bassett physician, then delivered these remarks.

feel very honored for being asked to speak on this very special day for Springbrook. Thank you! Our son Sebastian is now 10 years old. He is a child with autism. He was diagnosed at age 2½. I will never forget the day we learned he had autism. Our lives were

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The incidence of autism when he was diagnosed in 2004 was one in 150 births. Now, in 2012, it is one of 88 births. As a society, we now face enormous chal-

shattered and we mourned the loss of a healthy child. Even more devastating, we were told that he would never be able to communicate and that he would need to be institutionalized. The negative images and fear associated with the word “institutionalized” stayed with us for many years. Everything changed when we were introduced to Springbrook. I remember walking through the campus for the first time with tears in my eyes. Tears of happiness, knowing that here our son would find a

lenges as countless children just like my son Sebastian become adults. Springbrook is working very hard to match these needs in our community and in the State of New York. All of us present here today are connected with Springbrook in one way or another and are witnessing “where Springbrook was” ... and “where it is now.” Wow! What a great day for all of us. Everybody can see and feel how far Springbrook has come. But make no mistake: Springbrook is a work in progress. New programs are starting all the time and constantly evolving to meet the needs of the individuals we serve. Thank you for being here and supporting Springbrook.

home and not an institution. Not just because of the physicaL beauty of this place, but most importantly because of the love and dedication that emanates from everyone who works here. It is that feeling of family. Sebastian’s younger brother begged us to move into one of the new houses when HE saw it. Springbrook understands that every individual has the right to enjoy a full life. Thank you for making this a dream home to all individuals affected by autism.

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To the Editor: A recent letter to the editor claims to inform the readers all about Congressman Chris Gibson. But do we really get all the facts? We are told about his education, his 24 years of Army service, his military rank and decorations, his service

on House Committees during his first political term of office. We already know he was first elected to Congress in 2010, soon after retiring from the military. Now, he is running for re-election in the newly expanded 19th Congressional District. He is a Republican – a fiscal

conservative. We are told he receives a military pension which he returns to the Treasury while he serves in Congress. No – he can’t return a pension he actually receives. Rather, he simply elected to defer the commencement of his pension to a later date

when he may no longer be a Congressman. This is called income tax planning, because he doesn’t want to report a significant pension on his return while he received a salary of $174,000 plus benefits as a congressman. Please See LETTER, A5

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HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-5

History

HOMETOWN

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

On Monday afternoon, with appropriate ceremonies, the corner stone was laid of the new Presbyterian Church of Oneonta. There was a goodly attendance at the services, many of those having been present having been identified with the Presbyterian Church of Oneonta for a great many years. The services were opened by words of welcome from I.S. Osborn, the senior elder of the church, after which letters were read by G.W. Reynolds, from Rev. Wm. Baldwin and Rev. Geo. O. Phelps, former pastors of the church. Scriptural reading followed by the Rev. A.B. Richardson of the Methodist Episcopal Church and then came prayer by Rev. H.H. Allen, for 17 years, the pastor of the church. The Rev. Leonard ED. Richards, moderator of the Otsego Presbytery then addressed the assembly. Articles placed in the cornerstone include names of the members of the building committee, the Sunday School teacher and class, first contributing for a new church along with other items including a photograph of the church erected in 1816, now being demolished to make way for the new. September 1887

100 Years Ago

At the Central New York Fair, aviator Walter Johnson gave what must be conceded to be the most satisfactory exhibition ever seen here. He kept close to the grounds and was within sight of the crowds in the grandstand constantly. Back and forth across the valley he sped, now pointing upward and the next moment descending with a graceful sweep close to earth and so close to the grounds that some became fearful and up again and off across the valley and up the hillsides and over the clumps of trees he sped, his machine apparently under perfect control. Back over the grounds in an instant it seemed he came and then would make a short circle directly overhead and then off again for a longer circle. Perhaps never have so many experienced a desire to make a flight as while watching his Thomas machine flying with such apparent ease and grace. September 1912

60 Years Ago

City Attorney Anthony DeAngelo and Mayor Roger C. Hughes will go to Albany Tuesday for a state-wide seminar on enforcement of the new multiple residence law. The law, which became effective on July 1, is to have a far-reaching effect on housing units where three or more families reside. Oneonta, as well as every city under 500,000, every town and village, must adhere to the law and must set up means of enforcement, DeAngelo reported. The law also takes in dwellings of two or more stories which have five or more boarders, roomers or lodgers in one household; also

80 Years Ago

September 23 at the Oneonta High School. Anne Marie LeoGrande of Oneonta was named the outstanding student of the class. Receiving diplomas were: Julie Bartlett, Rhonda D. Barton, Leon Beach, Beverly A. Bott, Betty Burr, Carolyn Collins, Mary H. Colone, Donna E. Cook, Angela M. Della Torre, Susan Gay, Maureen Harrington, Maureen Haviland, Karen Higgins, Sue Kiser, Anne Marie LeoGrande, Jacqueline Murphy Shea, Michael Murphy, Maietta Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe, Anne Oliver, Patricia Rodemas, Jane Simmons, Bonnie J. Sorbera, Cece Stevens, Betty D. Thompson, Don Tripp, Mari J. Tubbs Allen, Paula D. Ulmer, and Marilyn Zaengle. The graduation address was given by Barbara Chamberlain, assistant director, Pathfinder Village, Edmeston. September 1982

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Ninety area students sat spellbound as they listened to sobering stories of the devastating results of substance abuse during the Seventh Annual Delaware County Students Against Driving Drunk Conference at the Phoenix House September 1932 on Friday. Lisa Schaffer, 28, a Phoenix House counselor, took the floor and described her high school years growing up in Delhi and how she succumbed to peer pressure. She dormitories, fraternity houses, hotels, clubs, and convalesadmitted to sneaking out of her house at night to party, after cent homes. Mr. DeAngelo and Mayor Hughes said they her parents thought she was in bed asleep. Her substance are planning as of now to combine the office of multiple abuse began with alcohol but soon encompassed marijuana, residence inspector with a new office of building inspector cocaine and speed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My sobering experience occurred on to be created when the Common Council adopts a building December 24, 1984,â&#x20AC;? said Schaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was sober and on my code. Such a building code is now under consideration. September 1952 way home from work when I was hit head on by a drunk driver.â&#x20AC;? September 1992 Mayor James F. Lettis announced yesterday that the city has received an $85,320 federal grant for its â&#x20AC;&#x153;open spacesâ&#x20AC;? Visitors to Huntington Library in Oneonta this week program. That money will be used primarily to develop a will be able to view displays of books that either have new section of Neahwa Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 acres of land just inside been banned or challenged over the years by people who the Gas Avenue entrance to the park. Announcement of the question their content. Among the books that have been grant came yesterday in a telegram from New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two suppressed or censored by school and legal authorities senators, Jacob Javits and James Buckley, to Mayor Lettis. are James Joyceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ulysses,â&#x20AC;? Walt Whitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leaves of The grant is from the federal Department of Housing and Grass,â&#x20AC;? Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamlet,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;MacBeth,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;King Learâ&#x20AC;? Urban Development. The new section is expected to inand â&#x20AC;&#x153;Merchant of Venice,â&#x20AC;? J.D. Salingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catcher in the clude golf putting greens, a hockey rink, basketball courts, Ryeâ&#x20AC;? and Shel Silversteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Giving Tree.â&#x20AC;? American a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play area and toilet facilities. The grant repreLibrary Association officials say Banned Books Week sents 50 percent of the estimated total cost of the project. celebrates the freedom to express oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion, even if that The grant also provides for the re-laying of flagstone sidewalks, removal of diseased elm trees, the already completed opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.â&#x20AC;? The message of Banned Books Week stresses the importance of lighting project at Damaschke Field, and other projects. September 1972 ensuring the availability of those unorthodox viewpoints to all who wish to read them. September 2002 Twenty-eight men and women were graduated from the Otsego Area School of Practical Nursing in ceremonies

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provide some insight into the record on certain important issues: 1. Social Security, Medicare On 04-15-11, voted to turn Medicare into a government â&#x20AC;&#x153;voucher systemâ&#x20AC;? so that seniors could purchase their own private, profit-oriented health insurance; and, to weaken Social Security,

even to cut benefits in effect for existing retirees. 2. Environment On 06-22-11, voted to undermine and weaken the Federal Clean Air Act. 3. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health On 02-18-11, voted to defund Planned Parenthood. 4. Jobs On -06-16-11, voted to reduce funding by $21 mil-

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Join Rowinski, Clark, Seward, Lopez In Supporting Otsego County Pipeline Route EDITORIAL/From A4 The good news is that the Otsego County Board of Representatives has awakened to the great possibilities offered by the Constitution, not just for Otsego Manor, but for the local economy as a whole. County Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, and the board chair, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, have gotten behind a resolution that would ask FERC, the Federal Energy Resources Commission, to approve “Alternate M” forthwith. It’s a gutsy resolution – it appears on Page A7, opposite this one – and convincing. By the time you read this, Rowinski’s Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns Committee may already have approved it. Regardless, Clark says she will ask the whole county

board to approve it at its October meeting on the 3rd. While FERC will be considering environmental, cultural and “civil construction” issues in siting the line, Cindy Ivey, media director for Williams, the Houstonbased pipeline company, said the county’s advocacy will have impact. “Every stakeholder has an influence,” she said. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and state Rep. Pete Lopez, the Republican who represents Unadilla, Morris and Butternuts in this county, have already stepped in, lobbying FERC to consider the I-88 right of way. They should keep up the pressure. Seward has already wrapped his mind around a simple reality of

Otsego County life: The local economy has been stagnant since 1990; we can’t continue to provide ever-more expensive services – and needed services like Otsego Manor – without economic growth. • There are other benefits to Alternate M. Landowners along I-88 are already familiar – and, thus, more comfortable – with the easement concept, so that should proceed routinely. The highway corridor has already been vetted environmentally. And the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which asked the Constitution planners to explore “Alternate M,” prefers to approve new projects – power

lines, pipelines, etc. – along existing route, to minimize impacts. The Tennessee pipeline has run across northern Otsego County for 60 years now, six decades – the whole lives of most of our citizens – with no incident. Since then, pipelines are better built and better monitored. The chance of something major going wrong is minimal. Let’s make it clear: Fracking, per se, has no place in Otsego County – the Glimmerglass is a national treasure that requires protection. But the Constitution Pipeline, while it will carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to the Eastern Seaboard, is not fracking – it is simply a conduit, like a highway or an electrical line. Let’s not conflate the two.

• It’s time to step up, as Rowinski, Clark, Seward and Lopez are already doing, and champion “Alternate M.” The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce – it has rightly opposed fracking, but this is different – and the Otsego County Chamber should, too. Town and school boards should do likewise. The Worcester Town Board did so the other night; the Town of Maryland is considering similar action. To end as we began, the Constitution Pipeline is a gift to Otsego County, a much-needed one. There’s no downside, and much to be gained. Let’s accept the gift eagerly, and get about the business of maximizing the benefits.

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To the Editor: The next Otsego County Board of Legislators meeting is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3. This is listed on the county website at www.otsegocounty.com, along with future meetings dates of Nov. 7, Dec. 5 and Dec. 19. A budget meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on a date to be determined. Residents may speak at the beginning of the meeting. According to the Web site, “All County Board meetings are held in the 2nd Floor Board chambers, Otsego County Office Building,

Cooperstown, NY on the LETTER first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. If additional business arises during the month, then a mid-month meeting will be scheduled. The midmonth meeting is usually held on the third Wednesday of the month.” On the schedule page of the website is the statement, “The schedule is subject to change throughout the year. If you have any questions about the meeting schedule or the agenda for the meeting, you should contact the Clerk of the Board at

607-547-4202.” I have attended board meetings and the dates of the eight standing committee meetings are announced at the end of the committee reports at the monthly board meeting and are posted on the county Web site. The minutes of the board and the standing committees are posted on the Web site. The minutes do not state how legislators voted on a resolution; but lists the total weighted vote on the resolution. The board meeting agenda allows for public comment at the beginning

of the meeting. At the recent Otsego Manor Standing Committee, the privilege of the floor was given to residents who wanted to speak. According the Otsego Manor Standing Committee Sept. 10 meeting minutes, a section will be added to the county Web site with information on the sale of the Otsego Manor. Perhaps more citizens will attend meetings with this knowledge of how your county government operates. SANDRA BLISS Cooperstown

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TEXT OF RESOLUTION SUPPORT I-88 ROUTE FOR CONSTITUTION PIPELINE Editor’s Note: This is the Rowinski-Clark resolution that the Otsego County Board of Representatives will consider at its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the County Office Building, Cooperstown. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION PIPELINE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE M AND TO FILE A MOTION TO INTERVENE WITH FERC SWEC COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the Constitution Pipeline Company (Constitution] has proposed to develop a pipeline to connect natural gas supplies in northern Pennsylvania with existing transmission pipe-

lines in Schoharie County, New York, to serve major northeastern markets: and WHEREAS, Constitution must obtain a federal Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); and WHEREAS, Constitution requested that FERC initiate a pre-filing environmental review of the proposed pipeline route and the project was assigned docket number PF 12-9: and WHEREAS, FERC pre-filing process is intended to solicit early input from citizens, governmental entities and other interested parties to identify and address issues with potential facility

locations; and WHEREAS. FERC has directed Constitution to study the feasibility of constructing the pipeline in the Interstate-88 corridor, also known as Alternative Route M, which would result in sections of the pipeline being constructed in Otsego County; and WHEREAS, the Constitution pipeline would be considered an “open access pipeline,” meaning that local municipalities or public utilities could potentially tap the line in the future to provide residential, commercial and industrial natural gas service; and WHEREAS, Constitution has estimated that the total

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economic impact during the construction phase would result in $86 million in new labor income in the region and $12 million in new sales and income tax revenue, a portion of which would benefit Otsego County if Alternative M was chosen: and WHEREAS, the pipeline’s long-term economic impact is anticipated to result in 17 new permanent jobs in the region, $1 million in new labor income in the region and $14.5 million in new annual sales, income and property tax revenue: of which on es-

timated $_____ in property tax revenue may be received by Otsego County: Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that, this Board of Representatives has determined that the pipeline will produce beneficial short-term and long-term economic impacts resulting from jobs, sales, income and property tax revenue and from potential future residential, commercial and industrial natural gas service to Otsego County residents provided by local municipalities and public utilities: and be it

further RESOLVED, that. this Board of Representatives supports Alternative Route M should FERC grant a federal Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity: and be it further RESOLVED. that the Chair of this Board is authorized to file a motion to intervene in FERC Docket # PF12-9 pertaining to the Constitution Pipeline Company’s natural gas transmission pipeline (“the Constitution Pipeline”) pursuant to 18 C.F.R. 5385.21 4(0)(3).

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He directed his talk not only at Cleinman and other optometrists in the audience, but to 14-year-old Leo Frascatore, Oneonta, who he often referred to directly when dispensing wisdom. “Every single disadvantage, young Leo, can be turned into an advantage,” he said, and then shared a story about winning a wrestling match by removing his glass eye, which grossed out his opponent so much he forfeited the match. “I thought that was pretty amazing,” Leo said, grinning. At one point, someone in Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.com Al Cleinman thanks and praises Tom Sullivan at the audience sneezed quithe end of the speech. etly, and Sullivan turned his head. “A woman is blowing advantage.” looked all right. “I made her nose,” he deduced. The hour-long lecture was the mistake of telling my Sullivan sang three songs a multi-media event, opened wife that my ‘Dancing With for the audience, includwith a short film of Sullivan the Stars’ partner was very ing “Colors of the Heart,” bungee jumping, performing sexy,” he said, flashing a which he wrote for Michael on “Highway to Heaven” photo of the scantily-clad Landon when he was dying with Michael Landon and dancer on the screen behind of cancer, and a new song, skiing with his daughter. him. “So for all I know, I’m which will be the title song He introduced himself by up here dressed like Stevie for the movie version of asking the audience if he Wonder.” his book “Adventures in

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87 percent,” he said. “The dads quit. My dad did. The siblings don’t get any attention. They get resentful. You have to take care of the entire family.” Still, it was his sense of humor and humility that won over the audience “Despite a lot of tragedy, he had such a sense of humor,” said Sid Loeffler of Burlington Flats. “I was really inspired by his concept of pride and personal responsibility,” said Kathryn Dailey, Oneonta. “People forget they’re in charge – he’s a good role model. You can say to yourself, ‘If he can do it, I can do it’.”

Beautifully restored farm house. Move in ready! Cooperstown School District. 5 miles from Cooperstown. Four bedrooms and two full baths. 2760 sq feet, RV pad, just under one acres on a very quiet private cul-de-sac road and a large two story hops barn. Formal living room, separate dining room, family room, mud room, large kitchen and office/nursery. Wide planked hard wood floors, exposed beams, two fireplaces, new appliances and high speed internet availabe wtih Clarity Connect. PRICE REDUCED now offered at $259,000. Lease to buy options available. Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

PRICE REDUCTION Three bedroom Victorian style single family home located along the Gateway to Cooperstown. Recently renovated with new furnace, new roof, and fresh interior paint throughout. This home provides 2,490 square feet of living space including a 15x20 formal living room, 15x18 formal dining room with walk-in china pantry, an eat-in kitchen, 15x18 family room with built-in bookcases, laundry room with tile floor, and a powder room on the first level. Upstairs you will find three bedrooms and a full bath. Master bedrom has a private dressing room/office area. Special features include wide pine floors, sweet balcony off one bedroom, a bay window, a pretty front porch, spacious lawn with a quiet wooded area with stream in the rear. This property is being offered below the assessed/full market value of $352,000. This LAMB REALTY EXCLUSIVE is offered for $199,000. Listing # C-0197

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Five unit apartment building with 13 BRs. The building was renovated in 2006 to include all new furnaces, water heaters, appliances, flooring, kitchens, roof and bathrooms. All utilities are separated for each unit and the three bed room apartments have eat-in kitchens with beautiful pub style islands, large living rooms and full bath in each apartment. Ceramic tile, new carpeting and pergo flooring throught the building. Each unit has its own NEW appliances, furnace, hot water heaters and updated electrical service. ON SITE LAUNDRY, 2 coin washer and dryer units in the common access basement for additional income. Newer steel fire escape and hard wired fire alarm system for reliable safety. Plenty of on site and on street tenant parking. Has Certificate of Compliance. $386,900 #84983

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County Board Considers Supporting Pipeline Route Along I-88 PIPELINE/From A1 If approved, the county board will be saying it “has determined that the pipeline will produce beneficial short-term and long-term economic impacts” in jobs, tax revenues and low-cost natural-gas supplies. It would commit the county board to supporting “Alternate M” and authorize it to “intervene” with FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, on behalf of that I-88 option. “As with anything, reaction is mixed, but there is a potential for some positive economic impact – in taxes alone,” said county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, who planned Wednesday, Sept. 26, to ask the committee she chairs, Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns,

to support the resolution. Rowinski said she directed County Planner Psalm Wycoff to draft the Cindy Ivey resolution. Williams, the pipeline company, has sketched out its preferred route through Delaware County, but “if it’s going to come that close to us anyway, why not have that economic benefit?” said Rowinski. Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, said she supports Rowinski’s initiative. “I can only speak for myself,” she said, but added, “My commitment is serious.” The resolution received its first airing Tuesday, Sept.

25, at the county board’s Natural Gas Advisory Committee, which rejected it 5-4 in a meeting at the county’s Meadows complex. But the votes – a quorum was barely achieved – were predictable. Committee members identified with anti-fracking groups – county Rep. Beth Rosenthal, D-Roseboom, Otsego Town Board member Julie Huntsman, Sustainable Otsego’s Kelly Brannigan and OCCA Executive Director Darla Youngs – were among the nays. Those identified with the other side, county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, the committee chair, and Uni Blake and Maria Lusins of Hometown Energy Group, where among the ayes. After the meeting, Pow-

ers said, even though the committee is advisory, he is unsure whether he will continue to try to move the resolution forward. However, Clark said the advisory committee is simply that: advisory. “This is more than an environmental issue,” she said, “it’s also an economic issue.” Cindy Ivey, Williams’ manager of media relations, answered the committee’s questions on the Constitution prior to the vote, and said later county support for Alternate M couldn’t hurt. “Every stakeholder has an influence” with FERC, she said. The 120-mile pipeline is a joint effort of Williams, a Houston-based pipeline builder, and two companies – Cabot Oil & Gas and

Southwestern Energy – that are producing natural gas in northeast Pennsylvania through the controversial fracking method. The pipeline would carry natural gas to Schoharie County, where it would connect with the Tennessee and Iroquois pipelines that supply Boston and New York City respectively. Since Alternate M surfaced as an option – state Rep. Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, and state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, are promoting it – letters have been sent out to an additional 500 property owners along a 600-foot-wide stretch straddling I-88. For now, Ivey continued, Williams prefers the route through Delaware County, because of some engineer-

ing challenges associated with the I-88 options. There is concern that terraces might have to be built on certain portions where the slope is too steep; however, the pipeline could be moved away from I-88 in those particular portions, she said. The biggest question facing Alternate M is the state Department of Transportation “has to be a willing partner,” Ivey continued, and Williams is still trying to determine if that’s the case. Williams is developing the case for Alternate M in Resource Report 1 and Resource Report 10, one of 12 such research reports now being prepared, but which will be available on www.ferc.gov sometime in November.

Sid Levine Remembered As ‘Gentleman,’ ‘A Credit To His Community’ LEVINE/From A1 Sunday morning, Sept. 23. 2012. He was 99. He was born May 6, 1913, in Utica, one of four children of Ike and Rose Levine. He came to Oneonta in 1932 and married Elizabeth Muriel “Smitty” Levine in 1943. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps, serving as a bombardier, stationed in Scotland. Levine and Nader became friends when Nader was playing semi-pro baseball. “I was a left-handed pitcher, and Sid would always put his money down on ‘the little left-hander’.” Nader recalled. “We’ve been friends ever since.” In 1966, when Nader was mayor, he and Levine partnered with a number of other investors to form the Oneonta Athletic Corp. to keep minor league baseball in Oneonta. “My objective was to bring baseball back to the community,” said

Nader. “As soon as I had the opportunity, Sid was the first one I called.” Together, they managed the local franchises of the New York Yankees and, later, the Detroit Tigers, until selling the Oneonta Tigers in 2008. Sid joined the Oneonta Ford Sales Co. in 1934, which became the Oneonta Sales Co. in 1975, where he worked as general manager and then president until his retirement in 1997, at the age of 84. Former mayor David W. Brenner recalled Levine’s business acumen in buying a car from Oneonta Ford: “The salesman made me a great deal, but all deals were subject to Sid’s review. When I went down the next day, Sid had added $100 to the price. He told me, ‘You had an exceptionally good deal, and now you have a good deal, but I can’t make money if I give cars away.’ And I understood that.

“I appreciated his honesty and frankness.” He was a tireless promoter of his adopted community, and for Fox Hospital Administrator John Remillard, the loudest recommendation he got came from Sid’s whisper. “When I got this job in 1988, we were negotiating my contract, and there were a few things I was unsure of. Sid leaned over and whispered, ‘John, this is a great place to live and you should come here.’ He said it with such sincerity, and I never regretted my decision. It started a 24-year friendship.” Sid was active in many Oneonta organizations. He was president of the Jessie Dewar Fund, a founder and chairman of the Future for Oneonta Foundation and president of the Oneonta Chamber of Commerce. He chaired the Salvation Army Building Fund, the YMCA Building Program, and the

City of Oneonta Safety Board. “He raised millions of dollars for these organizations,” said Nader. “He really put his money where his mouth was.” As Fox Foundation chair, he offered to step down in 2011, due to declining health. Brenner, as co-chair, offered to preside at meetings and bring the information to Sid, allowing him to continue as chair. “But I told him, ‘I’m getting up there in age,’and he replied, ‘What! You’re 20 years younger than me, you’re just a young man!’ That made me feel pretty good.” In recognition of his extensive community service, Levine received numerous accolades, including a Distinguished Service Award from the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, the Silver Beaver Distinguished Service for Youth from the Boy Scouts of America, Outstanding Citizen Award by Hartwick College and

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Master of the Good Name by Temple Beth El, where he was a founding member. The Future for Oneonta Foundation named Sid and Smitty Mr. and Mrs. Oneonta in 2001, and Fox Hospital’s emergency room was dedicated to them in 2006, joining the Sidney Levine Conference Room. Sid was also an avid golfer and was honored with a lifelong membership at the Oneonta Country Club, playing well into his 90s. “He was a real gentleman,” said former mayor Kim Muller. “He offered advice in a kind, supportive manner.” In addition to his wife, Sid was predeceased by his eldest son Harrison and his wife, Sherry; son-in-law Dr. Larry Rubin; brother Gerald Levine; sister Marilyn Oretskin; and his nephew, Tom Smith, who the Levines raised. He is survived by his sister, Delores, and her

husband, Lenny Spitzer, of Sacramento, Calif.; his children and their families, Gary Levine and MaryAnne Sinville of Boston, Cherilyn (Levine) Rubin of Albany, and Ed Levine and Marti Jenkins of Boise, Idaho; his grandchildren, Erin Farris of Rock Hill, S.C., Sara Massie of Daytona, Fla., Joe Levine of Dublin, Va., Toby and Rhea Rubin of Albany, Andrew Reardon, of Holbrook, Mass., MaryAnne Levine and her mother, Constance Levine of Concord, Mass.; and Tom’s daughters, Stacy and Kori Smith of Long Beach, Calif. Services were planned at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Temple Beth El, with burial immediately following in Temple Beth El Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Fox Foundation. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.

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